Not ‘Wet on a Thursday’ – at least not yet. I’m not so sure about Global Warming, either, as the vegetables I’ve planted look to be shivering instead of blooming. The lawn has never looked so lush, but if you wander too far towards the back, you’ll need rubber boots. I’ve never had such beautiful roses blooming amidst the garlic – abundant, thick and remarkably free of aphids. The peonies haven’t yet dropped their fragrant blooms – I run into the yard between showers and stand in front of the flower beds taking deep breaths. Even better, the raccoon who was depositing massive piles of crap under the deck and on the front lawn seems to have moved on, thanks to copious applications of…

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